Sock Monsters
Socks
always disappear, don’t they?
Sometimes
just one of the pair will vanish, never to be seen again.
You ever
wonder just where all your socks go?
Hundreds of
years ago, (no-one knows exactly how long) the first books were written about socks.
There are books written about almost everything, but there lots and lots have
been devoted to the pieces of fabric worn on a person’s feet. It seems that
throughout history, people have always struggled to keep their socks safe. I
have heard of very old books which had long passages about people trying in
vain to protect their socks. Some used locks, others used heavy weights, yet
more hid them in weird and wonderful places.
Just one of
these books has survived to this day. It is full of very strange stories, with
drawings depicting little creatures running away with people’s socks. According
to all of the different writers in the book, the stories are all completely
true.
Some of the
stories are a lot more…far-fetched than others, but they are all crazy in their
special own way. Many of the earlier writers blamed ghost-like beings for the
disappearance of their socks right out of the bedrooms. The weird thing about
the book (which I was lucky enough to see) is that towards the end, the drawings
of the creatures all look the same. Earlier in the book; the authors could not
agree what they looked like. As time went on, either they came to an agreement,
or they were able to get a better idea of what exactly was stealing so many
socks.
The purpose
of writing this essay is to inform you of what I know. There were several of
these books, and I believe that there is now just one. I saw it, and my job is
to report what I saw.
The book
offered eye-witness accounts of people awakened in the dead of night by strange
noises. Some described the pattering of feet, like those of a small child, but
without a child. Others, a strange loud breathing in an otherwise empty room.
More still, spoke of a scratching noise and of seeing tiny red fires moving
around their bedroom, the “eyes of the creatures from Hell.”
All the
stories said that as soon as the witness attempted to turn a light, use a
candle or a torch, the creature would disappear into thin air. Leaving behind a
lingering smell of decay and a few less socks in the room.
It is
unclear what exactly these creatures (we will come to names shortly)
wanted/needed socks for. What the expert writers do know is that socks were all
that they seemed to be attracted to. They showed no interest in any other item
of clothing or furniture. Nor did they present themselves as a danger to any
person or domestic animal within the house.
Names for
the creatures differ throughout the books. I have been told many different
ones. Those that I saw for myself, in the Surviving Book, include “Calcetín Robar”
– which is Spanish, roughly translating to ‘sock stealer’ and “Nacht-Dieb” –
which is German, meaning ‘night thief’. Personally, I like to call them Calcetín
– which I believe is pronounced “Cal-sight-in”.
Some wrote
that the Calcetín steal the socks to use as sleeping bags to keep warm. With
one writer claiming that “the Calcetín have large families – three to four
hundred babies. Meaning that they need a lot of socks.” Suggesting that this is
why every house in the world is missing some socks.
I offer no
opinion on this. At all. How you interpret this is up to you.
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